Victoria Valley (Antarctica)
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 Map of the Antarctic Dry Valleys |
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Waters | Lake Vida | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 77 ° 23 ′ 0 ″ S , 162 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Victoria Valley is an extensive, ice-free trough valley in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It extends from the Upper Victoria Glacier to the Lower Victoria Glacier , is north of the Wright Valley and roughly parallel to it.
It was named on the occasion of the campaign carried out from 1958 to 1959 as part of Victoria University's Antarctic Expeditions after the alma mater of the Victoria University of Wellington , who had financially supported the expedition.
In the Victoria Valley lies the hypersaline lake Lake Vida .
Web links
- Victoria Valley in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Victoria Valley on geographic.org (English)
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